Enough funds were raised through The Sons of Norway to pay for the pilot to take the ship from Bay City Michigan (where I saw it) to Chicago where it is scheduled to be part of the Tall Ships gathering there this weekend. According to their website, fundraising continues, and they don’t know yet if they will be able to continue on to Green Bay and Duluth.
stan > On Jul 17, 2016, at 12:19 PM, Paul <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I hope the fundraiser helps. According to their blog post of July 11, the > Viking ship was not continuing its Great Lakes journey and was returning to > the Atlantic. They weren't objecting to the amount of the $400/hour pilot > fee, but that they were told at the outset of their trip that there wouldn't > be a fee. I was looking forward to its visit to Green Bay. > > -p > > > On 7/17/2016 8:21 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> Thanks for the comments Bob, Mike, Ken… >> >> I just posted the link to a local f-book page, clicked to check the link, >> and realized that I had the image display size set at default, fairly small. >> I just changed that to allow for larger views… >> >> Ken, I had heard that there was an issue with fees, both for the Viking ship >> and also the Spanish galleon, but I hadn’t realized it was about pilots. One >> of the music events in Bay City was redesigned as a fund raiser for the two >> ships to help them with what was apparently an unanticipated cost. >> >> stan >> >> >>> On Jul 17, 2016, at 4:22 AM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >>> >>> Very nice gallery, lots of atmosphere. That Viking ship looks fun. >>> >>> B >>> >>>> On 17 Jul 2016, at 03:21, Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Meg and I spent much of yesterday at the local stop of the triennial Tall >>>> Ships Challenge. I am not sure what the Challenge involves, but for us it >>>> was a day amidst vast throngs gawking at sloops and schooners and one >>>> galleon and one Norwegian Viking longboat. A long line to get into the >>>> venue, even longer lines to get aboard any of the vessels so we passed on >>>> that. ’Twas a good day. >>>> >>>> For others near the Great Lakes, note that they will be stopping also in >>>> Chicago, Green Bay, and a few other places. >>>> >>>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p511795360 >>>> >>>> Technical info FWIW: K-1 with the D FA 24-70/2.8 or 70-200/2.8. All images >>>> tweeked in LR, with a few slight crops. >>>> >>>> stan >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
